as in unacceptable
too bad to be excused or justified
spitting at a teacher is inexcusable behavior and will be severely punished
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Recent Examples of inexcusable
Those types of inexcusable mistakes not only loom large within a game, but also reduce the margin for error for the whole season.
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
But the disregard is particularly inexcusable right now, when the conflict is escalating.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
Deliberately failing to follow the law, right before our country’s most important election, is inexcusable.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2024
His actions were inexcusable and do not reflect the values or training of our office.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2024
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Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
But the disregard is particularly inexcusable right now, when the conflict is escalating.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2024
Deliberately failing to follow the law, right before our country’s most important election, is inexcusable.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2024
His actions were inexcusable and do not reflect the values or training of our office.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexcusable
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Not holding my breath for Mike Johnson or Elise Stefanik to state the obvious that this is unacceptable, dangerous, & shameful.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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An American president who thinks strategically would likely conclude that the risks and costs associated with tariffs-as-a-tactic would be remarkably high, if not unacceptable.Samuel Gregg, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
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To Solomon, this is what makes the whole thing unforgivable.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Kansas State stands at the top of Big 12 hill, and Manhattan, Kan., in November could be every bit as unforgivable as games in Washington or Oregon.Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2024
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The Supreme Court’s deference to FDR during World War II resulted in unjustifiable ethical breaches, but its new code of conduct has not resolved the question of when a justice should be disqualified from a case.Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books, 14 Nov. 2024
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To convict, prosecutors must prove Penny's use of lethal force was unjustifiable and that Penny acted recklessly and consciously disregarded the substantial risk of putting Neely in the chokehold for so long.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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The former frontman of Possum Dixon will be performing at the festival but is somehow not the most outrageous act on the bill.Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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For the man who has it all, here are my favorite outrageous holiday gifts, along with a few practical must-haves.Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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In her small and deeply Catholic community, suicide is an unpardonable sin, so a horrible crime lures her with the promise of escape.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
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As her recent award accolades attest, Zine was a force of nature from first take to last, the conduit through which the viewer experiences the dread, horror, anguish and grief of witnessing her father murdered for the unpardonable sin of speaking his truth.Alexander Woo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
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Continuing to post on X has been indefensible for some time.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Photo: Buena Vista Pictures/Everett Collection The only flat-out indefensible film in Coppola’s career, Jack serves mainly to underscore all the ways in which Big could have gone horribly wrong.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Inexcusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexcusable. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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